Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1200 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 23, 2020 Ms. FINKENAUER (for herself, Mr. LATTA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. COLE, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. KIND, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mrs. RODGERS of Wash- ington, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COX of California, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. BOST, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- ESTER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. KELLER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Mr. HARDER of California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day. Whereas about 60,000,000 hard-working individuals in the United States live in rural communities; Whereas rural individuals in the United States are increas- ingly facing barriers to accessing the health care services they need; Whereas rural health facilities in the United States have faced systemic challenges, including low reimbursements, physician workforce shortages, and difficulty accessing certain technologies like telehealth; VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Oct 24, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1200.IH HR1200 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1200 IH Whereas these challenges have contributed to 132 rural hos- pital closures since 2010; Whereas these challenges have made it more difficult for all rural health care facilities to keep their doors open and serve patients; Whereas National Rural Health Day was established to em- phasize the importance of rural areas of the United States and recognize the efforts and contributions to ad- dress the unique challenges in rural health care; Whereas the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health has recognized National Rural Health Day the third Thursday of each November since 2010; and Whereas National Rural Health Day will be celebrated this year on November 19, 2020: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 2 Rural Health Day; 3 (2) celebrates rural health care providers and 4 the millions of individuals in the United States they 5 serve; and 6 (3) expresses commitment to advancing policy 7 to improve health care accessibility and affordability 8 in rural areas of the United States. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Oct 24, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1200.IH HR1200 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS